Ink-cup



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE'. i

PHILIP K. HOLBROOK, OF MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS.

INK-CUP.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 59,223, dated October 30, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP K. HoLBRooK, of Malden, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Ink-Cup; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in Whichv Figure l is a vertical central section ot' my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the inside rubber cup removed from its stand or socket.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention consists in constructing aninkstand bythe employment of arubber cup placed in a suitable cavity in a stand or block of any suitable material, whereby a very convenient inkstan d or cup is produced, which can be very readily cleansed.

A designates the block or stand, which is of wood in the present instance, but which may be of metal or any other material, if desired.

In this stand, from the top downward, a circular cavity is made, and into this is placed an india rubber cup, B, which resembles a plain piece of rubber tubing, with a closed end for a bottom. The top of the cup B is kept distended by a metallic ring, a. This device is provided at its top with a ring, b, around the opening, and a lid, o, similar to ordinary inkstands.

It is obvious that this inkstand or ink-cup, as I term it, can be made very clleaplyindeed, and it possesses a great advantage over ordinary inkstands in the fact that the cup can be very quickly removed and cleansed, which is not often the case with ordinary inkstands.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the india-rubber cup B With the stand A, both constructed and adapted to each other substantially as described, so as to form an inkst-and which can be cheaply made and easily cleansed.

PHILIP K. H'oLBRooK.

Witnesses:

GHAnLEs L. HosMER, HENRY H. FITCH. 

